On Tuesday Our honourable Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina sought the G20 (Group of Twenty) nations\u2019 \u2018key role\u2019 in stopping global carbon emission and simultaneously called for \u2018strict implementation\u2019 of the Paris Agreement to save the planet from the adverse impacts of climate change.<\/p>\n
While delivering her recorded statement aired on the inaugural day of the two-day \u201cForeign Policy Virtual Climate Summit\u201d, the prime also put emphasis on undertaking united efforts by all countries of the world to get rid of the deadly Covid-19 virus.<\/p>\n
\u201cClimate change is not boundary-specific \u2026 if one country emits, every country is affected. So, every country would have to play its (due) role. However, the rich countries, especially the G20 nations, should play the main role in halting the global (carbon) emission,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Sheikh Hasina opined that strict execution of the Paris Agreement is the only way to check global carbon emission and thereby global warming.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe time to take action to save the planet is not tomorrow, but today,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The prime minister said that the bottom 100 countries account for just 3.5 percent of the global (carbon) emission whereas the G20 countries are responsible for 80 percent.<\/p>\n
Sheikh Hasina, however, praised the return of the United States to Paris Agreement. \u201cIt\u2019s good news that USA has returned to the Paris Agreement \u2026 we appreciate US President Joe Biden\u2019s decision and also holding of the Leaders\u2019 Summit on Climate last week,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The premier mentioned that in the Paris Agreement, international community has pledged to form a US$ 100 billion fund each year for adaptation and mitigation purposes.<\/p>\n
While talking about the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, Sheikh Hasina said that the entire world is passing through a tough time with Covid-19 pandemic claiming a large number of lives and infecting hundreds of thousands more every day.
\n\u201cWe need united efforts to get rid of the deadly virus,\u201d she opined.<\/p>\n
Mentioning that after Covid-19, the most discussed subject of the time perhaps is the climate change, the prime minister said the issue has now become a huge threat for every country, especially for the climate vulnerable countries like Bangladesh.<\/p>\n
Sheikh Hasina said that the global temperature is rising and there is no doubt about it. \u201cThis temperature-rise is the main culprit of all ills \u2026 the continuous rise of global temperature is the most pressing concern for the human kind,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The premier said in the Paris Climate Accord, the international community has agreed not to allow the global temperature to rise above 1.5 degree Celsius. \u201cBut nothing substantial has so far been done to check the emission of green house gases which are responsible for the temperature rise,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Sheikh Hasina said countries like Bangladesh have been experiencing increased frequencies and ferocities of various natural calamities like flood, drought, tidal surge, nor\u2019wester, lightning etc. \u201cCurrently heat wave is sweeping over my country,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Stating that last year Bangladesh witnessed heavy monsoon that submerged one-third of its area, she said several cyclones, including super cyclone Amphan, also hit the country last year and all these phenomena are due to climate change.<\/p>\n
The prime minister said that Bangladesh is not an emitter, and in fact no member country of Climate Vulnerable Forum (CVF) is significant emitter.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut we\u2019re the worst sufferers. Every year 2% of my country\u2019s GDP is lost to extreme climate events,\u201d she continued.
\nOn the Rohingya issue, Sheikh Hasina said that Bangladesh has given shelter to over 1.1 million forcibly-evicted Myanmar citizens in the environmentally-critical Cox\u2019s Bazar district on humanitarian grounds. \u201cBut it heavily affected the ecology of the area,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Noting that the CVF countries are at the forefront of climate adaptation, the prime minister said that Bangladesh is the first Least Developed Country (LDC) to establish a Climate Change Trust Fund.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo far, we spent over US$ 415 million from our own resources to implement over 800 mitigation and adaptation programmes,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
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